Ayiti ReMEMBERing Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan

“Dr. Ben shifted the paradigm back to Africa and declared once and for all that the origin of Ancient Egyptian history lies in the deep south, and that is in and of Africa, namely in Nubia and Ethiopia. He, together with John Henry Clarke and Cheikh Anta Diop shattered the long-held myth of the Egyptologists, who moved the Pyramids out of Africa and placed them in the so-called Middle East. The contemporary and global African-centered movement has its foundations in the teachings and writings of Dr. Ben. He was truly an intellectual giant. His intellectual legacy is going to remain with us forever.”—Professor Ayele Bekerie

“The Goddess archetype was erased and substituted with the “son” who came through her womb. The son replace Her as the God of Love. Sometimes represented as a boy with an arrow shooting at a butt. *** Am I not here? I am your mother. Ezili Dantò is the irreducible essence of the divine mother, love, justice and the female principle. Remnants of the worship of the mother of creation is everywhere on planet earth either as the Black Madonna and child given a whitening or the heart with a dagger going through used every Feb 14th in the US on Valentines Day but with Greek pederasty’s cupid shooting a butt arrow substituted as the love divinity. ” –Ezili Dantò”, Free Haiti Movement (Source: Vodun, the Light and Beauty of Haiti)

New York (TADIAS) — Dr. Ben-Jochannan, a renowned scholar of ancient African history, passed away on Thursday, March 19th in New York at the age of 97. Dr. Ben was a professor of history at Cornell University and at City College in New York City, and the author of nearly 50 books mostly covering the Nile Valley.

The American historian and prolific writer was born in Ethiopia. His mother was Puerto Rican and his father was an Ethiopian. Before immigrating to the United States in the 1940s Dr. Ben attended school in Puerto Rico, Brazil, Cuba and Spain, and has obtained degrees in Engineering, Architectural Engineering and Cultural Anthropology.

“He lived almost a century to teach and he taught us right,” said Professor Ayele Bekerie, who was one of Dr. Ben’s students at Cornell University. “I learned how to focus on the original rather than the copy. He showed me how to pursue knowledge that empowers, knowledge that provides agency.”

Professor Bekerie added: “Dr. Ben shifted the paradigm back to Africa and declared once and for all that the origin of Ancient Egyptian history lies in the deep south, and that is in and of Africa, namely in Nubia and Ethiopia. He, together with John Henry Clarke and Cheikh Anta Diop shattered the long-held myth of the Egyptologists, who moved the Pyramids out of Africa and placed them in the so-called Middle East. The contemporary and global African-centered movement has its foundations in the teachings and writings of Dr. Ben. He was truly an intellectual giant. His intellectual legacy is going to remain with us forever.”

Professor Bekerie noted that “Dr. Ben was a fellow Ethiopian. His father was the Ethiopian Ambassador to Brazil in the time of Lij Iyasu and his Ethiopian relations come from the great historic city of Gondar.”

“As the Ethiopians say Igzabeher Nefsachewen Yemar.”

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“Africa has never had friends coming from the outside. Never…You let them pull that humanitarian lie on you. You believe them and get all dewy eyed…. This is the first major step towards the military re-conquest of Africa. This time you’re going to have an African army in Africa helping the invaders and an African army with the invaders.” —Dr. John Henrik Clarke